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...vision to outmode traditional paradigms of searching such as HOLLIS and WorldCat. This vision culminated in the birth of the Google Print Library project (since renamed the Google Book Search project), which in its culmination will not only enable users to obtain the customary title, author, publisher, or ISBN of a book by simple query, but also allow them to search within the content of all scanned volumes for keywords, sometimes returning even full passages from the text in question. The intended goal is to eventually make all public-domain works available online alongside excerpts from copyrighted material with...
...Because publishing is considered part of the state's ideological apparatus, each year the government allocates a certain number of ISBNs to state-owned publishing houses. One way for publishers to generate profit is by selling ISBNs to the private sector. An ISBN can be sold for $2,000 to $4,000. Although this is illegal, according to China's General Administration of Press and Publication, it is common practice among Chinese enterprises...
Last March, The Crimson reported that the program was facing difficulty in both decreasing popularity among the general student body and low interest among council members. The program relied on council members to provide required ISBN codes of textbooks searchable on its site. As of last spring, this was occurring with less and less frequency...
...council members are asked to collect international standard book numbers (ISBN) for course reading lists. These codes allow UC Books to search the Web for cheap textbook prices...
...item could cost no more than half its list price.) The drill is simple. Half www.half.com lets sellers list used books, CDs, videos and computer games for nothing. If they're bought, Half takes 15% of the price. To list an item, a seller just types in its ISBN or UPC. With a book's ISBN, Half can create a listing with the title, author, a picture of the book jacket and blurbs. UPCs enable a similar reference for videos...